Faculty in the News

Dr. Akil Houston, Associate Professor of African American Studies, was quoted extensively in an EdSurge story headlined “#BlackStudentsMatter: Why Digital Activism Is a Voice for Black students.” “There are great conversations happening on social media and people apart of the ‘Black Twitterverse’ are bringing issues to the forefront. It brings a […]

Forbes education editor Susan Adams credits Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, with helping to create Forbes’ top college listing based on “outputs,” not “inputs.” When we started the Forbes Top Colleges list, 11 years ago, in collaboration with a team at Ohio University headed by […]

Dr. Richard Vedder, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Economics at Ohio University, was quoted extensively in an ABC news story headlined “NYU’s free med school offer stirs debate over student debt.” “You don’t see too much talk about, ‘Let’s make MBA programs free,’” said Richard Vedder, distinguished professor of economics emeritus at […]

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a story headlined “First lady Melania Trump warns of ‘destructive and harmful’ side of social media.” Katherine Jellison, a history professor at Ohio University, said recently that “Be Best” so far lacks the vision […]

Dr. Kenneth Hicks, Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Ohio University, authored a column in the Columbus Dispatch headlined “Is there life on Mars? Discovery of water provides tantalizing clue.” The European Space Agency has done it again. It has scooped NASA with a new discovery: a subglacial lake on […]

ATHENS, OH, August 14, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ — Marquis Who’s Who, the world’s premier publisher of biographical profiles, is proud to present Dr. Amritjit Singh with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award. An accomplished listee, Singh celebrates many years’ experience in his professional network, and has been noted for achievements, […]

The Washington Post quotes Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Chair of History at Ohio University, in a Style section article headlined “A tiny staff. An aide’s abrupt departure. That jacket. Why Melania Trump’s Be Best is off to a slow start.” Katherine Jellison, a history professor at Ohio University, says Be […]